Yeah, those are the signs of the times. I unloaded my 2 67ii bodies and lenses back when there was still pretty good value. I felt that over time, film would diminish in usage and that the labs would cease to process the film due to cost effectiveness.
My own local lab in a suburb or Sacramento (Roseville), is still doing C41, but just barely. I'll have to ask if they do any E-6 anymore. If they do, I bet it is no more than once a week. The cost of film processing will continue to rise until almost nobody will use it anymore. I think it will become a home based process in the future. It does make it frustrating when shooting those beautiful medium format bodies, but that is the way it goes. I'm glad I moved out of the format and film when I did. I have been more than happy since then. -- Bruce Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 7:48:37 PM, you wrote: BM> I went to drop three rolls of 220 E-6 at Cali-Color in Sacramento BM> today only to be told they no longer process E-6. Same story all BM> over I guess. The lady gave me a list of places that still do E-6 BM> though one is in San Francisco, one is in Santa Cruz, and one is BM> in San Clemente! I guess Pardees will accept E-6 but they send it BM> out (to San Clemente). I still use A&I in LA, at least when I have some of their pre-paid mailers. BM> So, the only place I know of in Sacto that still does E-6 is Ace BM> Photo @ 552 Fulton Street, Sacramento, CA 95825 916.482.4712. I BM> dropped off my three rolls at around 11:30 and picked them up at BM> 4:20PM. They look pretty good even though I was warned by the lady BM> at Cali-Color that she, "can't vouch for their quality." BM> It's getting harder and harder to remain in the brotherhood :-( ... BM> -Brendan BM> BM> -- BM> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List BM> [email protected] BM> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net BM> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
